Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 30 Part 5

Ye Shen’s mood was as bright as the weather today. His face held a gentleness. He pointed to Jian Yin who was carrying a big luggage. “Where do I put my things?”

Xiao Youning personally led the way, and they walked side by side into the house. Someone from outside ran in and said that there was a gift.

She stopped walking and wondered, “Who sent it?”

She didn’t know anyone who was going to give her a gift.

Ye Shen had thought of something, and his heart moved slightly. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure being led in.

It was his mother’s servant, Liu Mama.

Liu Mama appeared to have her eyes looking at her nose and her nose looking at her heart1 as she came. She saw her family’s Fifth Master and continued with her formal behavior like they were strangers. She gave Xiao Youning, who was looking at her, a bow. She smiled and announced her identity: “Young Miss, I came from Qingfeng Daoist Temple. Our Old Madam knew that the girl was having a housewarming event today, so she happened to order me to send a congratulatory gift.”

With that, the servant girl behind her handed over a few things.

When Qingfeng Daoist Temple was mentioned, Xiao Youning first thought of Ye Shen, who had been walking beside her. After that, she thought of the Daoist Temple’s Master that she had never met.

She had Yuan Guo take the gifts first and went to see the calm and collected Ye Shen. She faced Liu Mama to thank her and asked, “Is the Old Madam of Liu Mama here the master of Qingfeng Daoist Temple?”

Liu Mama said yes and Ye Shen’s eyes swept over her, but Xiao Youning looked at him. When she thought of it, the Daoist Priest must have gone to talk over there to talk about the housewarming. Otherwise, how could they come here?

Ye Shen was guilty. When she looked over, he was touching his nose with an innocent look on his face.

On the contrary, his behavior made Xiao Youning more confident that he had spoken about it. She glanced at him with reproach, but did not ask any more questions. She invited Liu Mama to come into the house for tea.

Liu Mama shook her head and said, “Tomorrow this old servant will come again to ask for tea from the Young Miss.” After she spoke, she smiled and took her leave.

Then, there was another person who came and said they had a congratulatory gift. Xiao Youning could no longer be sure of her guess, so she sent Liu Mama off and returned the bow.

When the gift giver announced the family name, it not only startled Xiao Youning, but even Ye Shen almost failed to control his expression.

The man who arrived said, “This is a gift from our Fifth Master. He would like to congratulate the Young Miss on her housewarming.”

Xiao Youning was baffled and asked, “Fifth Master? Which Fifth Master?” The famous Fifth Master Ye in the capital?

That was the first person that came to her mind.

The man nodded and put down the gift. “Yes, the Fifth Master of our family is surnamed Ye. The Fifth Master also told this servant to say that there is no need for the Young Miss to have any negative thoughts and impressions of the Ye family. The Li Family is the Li Family, and the Ye Family is the Ye Family, so they should not be treated in the same way. That’s what our Old Madam also said, so please don’t worry, Young Miss.”

“No, I have nothing to do with Fifth Master Ye…” Xiao Youning felt that she was going to be confused with what was said.

Even if she had anything to do with Fifth Master Ye, it was completely one sided and it was when she had calculated against him.

For him to send something right now to celebrate the housewarming, how could it not frighten her? And how did he know about it?!

Xiao Youning felt her blood run cold and felt that there was a conspiracy here.

Ye Shen secretly observed her expressions. He saw that she showed a panicked and guarded expression. His heart was full of mixed feelings.

But he had to say his mother had a good trick.

First, she gave her a gift, followed by the hints in her words. It all laid the groundwork for his confession.

But is this a good time?

Ye Shen unexpectedly hesitated.

But in this small moment, when everything seemed to be in proper order, Huo Mingwu arrived.

The gatekeeper had been instructed earlier to let him in as soon as he gave his name. The three of them happened to meet in the front of the shadow wall.

In the past, Huo Mingwu’s line of sight would first fall on the girl he had a crush on, but when he came in today, he saw a familiar figure and face, which took away all his attention.

Huo Mingwu’s perked up smile became completely rigid.

Did I just see a ghost?!

Is this Ye Shen?!

Why is he here with Xiao Youning?

Ye Shen, who was still hesitant about whether to take advantage of the opportunity to confess, turned around and saw the romantic rival who irritated him, and his gaze sank.

The author has something to say:

Ye Shen: To drop my disguise or not?

Huo Mingwu: Wo, cao… cao, cao, cao, cao, cao?!!! 2

Footnotes

眼观鼻，鼻观心 (yǎnguānbí, bíguānxī) – way of saying she’s bowing her head because of shame, shyness, etcThis means wtf. The line in the raws is already in pinyin. The author probably used pinyin because of censorship.